The paper, the second in the series Citizenship and Displacement in the Great Lakes region, tracks the experience of refugees returning to southern Burundi after decades in exile. Based on 245 interviews conducted primarily in southern Burundi, the paper highlights the importance of access to land in the reintegration process.

The first paper “Going Home or Staying Home? Ending Displacement for Burundian Refugees in Tanzania” in this series may be found here.